Month: November 2019

5:00 PM ET Three fighters who competed in the PFL playoffs last month failed drug tests and are facing discipline from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). Glaico Franca and Luis Rafael Laurentino both tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol and Ramsey Nijem tested positive for marijuana, NSAC chief assistant Jeff Mullen told ESPN
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4:58 PM ET The one-game suspension for Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi was upheld by appeals officer James Thrash on Wednesday, the NFL announced. Thrash, however, rescinded Ogujobi’s fine of $10,527. 1 Related Ogunjobi had been disciplined for shoving Mason Rudolph from behind during last Thursday night’s game after Browns teammate Myles Garrett had
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4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday amid a 9-10-4 start to the season and announced Sheldon Keefe as his replacement. Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan made the announcement. The Maple Leafs are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, the team’s longest losing
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4:30 PM ET Junior middleweight world titlist Jaime Munguia, who all along planned to move up in weight in 2020, will do so for his next fight. Munguia, one of boxing’s most crowd-pleasing battlers, will move up to the 160-pound middleweight division to fight Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan, a fellow brawler but prohibitive underdog, in a
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4:23 PM ET South Carolina president Robert Caslen issued a statement on Wednesday in which he clarified his remarks from earlier this week that suggested the Gamecocks were at least exploring whether to buy out football coach Will Muschamp’s contract. In his latest comments, Caslen said he and South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner supported
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4:16 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Traded to the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 26 by the New England Patriots, Michael Bennett harbors no ill will toward the team he will face Sunday at Gillette Stadium. “It’s never personal in the NFL,” Bennett said Wednesday. “It’s always business.” In fact, he called Patriots coach Bill Belichick
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4:13 PM ET When Nike took over as the NBA’s official jersey manufacturer three seasons ago, the company introduced the concept of “City” jerseys, new looks for each team that tied in to the local community in some way. Those jerseys have been refreshed every year (though there have been a couple exceptions), and this
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3:58 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills may be without Ty Nsekhe for the foreseeable future, as head coach Sean McDermott announced Wednesday the right tackle is “week to week” with an ankle injury. Nsekhe’s right leg was rolled under in the third quarter and medical staff immediately immobilized the
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3:48 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close NBA Senior NBA Insider Joined ESPN in 2017 Host of The Woj Pod Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com
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